New dubsteps
LAB018 plays host to Bristol luminary and Tectonic boss Pinch, who delivers three menacing and forward-leaning apocalyptic cuts.
The pointed and growling ragga-style techno of A-side ‘Brain Scan’ is built on battering rhythms and dubwise sonic techniques, in the vein of an old school revivalist production. True to the roots, futuristic in scope.
On the flip, ‘Street Light’ is an equally abrasive bassweight roller, counter-balanced by Pinch’s cavernous and cinematic sound design. Strictly war sounds for the dance.
Rounding off the release is soundsystem meditation ‘Abducted’, an icy, gangster half-stepper drenched in thick reverb and melancholic DMZ-style laments.
Mastered by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering (Berlin). 180-gram vinyl + digital